The Legacy of Rome The Romans Chapter 10 Case study
Source: ‘Benevento-Arch of Trajan from South’ by Decan. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike via Wikimedia Commons: Imperial titles on Trajan’s Arch at Benevento (AD )
The legacy of onomastics (words in brackets are the titles from Trajan’s dedication) (IMP) Imperator: Emperor (CAESAR) Caesar: Czar, Kaiser, Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, etc. (Pontif Max) Pontifex Maximus: still ascribed to the Pope today (Principi) Princeps: inspiration for Machiavelli’s ‘Prince’ and many others (P P) Pater Patriae: not Augustus’ invention, it should be noted (SPQR) Senatus Populusque Romani: the Senate and people of Rome
A 1672 bronze farthing from the reign of Charles II depicting a seated Britannia with a shield and trident Sesterce of Antoninus Pius, AD , depicting Britannia with a shield and trident Mythological figures and patriotism: Britannia A 1997 fifty-pence piece with seated Britannia with shield and trident
Pater patriae: other founding fathers Sources: ‘Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States’ by Howard Chandler Christy, licensed under public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Portrait of Gandhi: ‘Ataturk and the Flag of Turkey’: America’s founding fathers (below), Gandhi (right), known as ‘father of the nation’, and Mustafa Atatürk, ‘father of the Turks’
The Senate and the people of Rome live on Source: By G. Dallorto via Wikimedia Commons. Mosaic floor depicting the Capitoline Wolf, Gallerie Vittorio Emmanuele II, Milan ‘Manhole SPQR’. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons A modern manhole cover in Rome
Imperator Romanorum, Imperator Augustus Reintroduced silver coinage (livre) Unified a wide empire: Pater Europae Charlemagne, AD Source: ‘Frankish Empire 481 to 814-en’ by Sémhur from Image:Frankish empire.jpg, File:Growth of Frankish Power, jpg, from the Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911).
Pope Sixtus IV in Rome, ‘I found a city of mud and left it a city of brick’ Nepotism Restored the Aqua Vergina Built streets and bridges: Via Florea and Ponte Sisto Restored and built churches Refounded the Vatican library and donated ancient sculptures to the Capitoline Collection First reorganization of the Julian calendar Source: Photo by Jensens, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Empereur des Français Napoleonic Code Wide foreign policy Titles Imagery and architecture The metric system Napoleon Bonaparte,
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon wearing the corona civica on his deathbed (left). His Roman-style tomb altar (right). Relief of Napoleon from the US House of Representatives (below). Napoleon’s triumphal arches at Etoile and in front of the Louvre, Paris Source: